Renewed: Elementary, Hawaii Five-0, The Mentalist, The Good Wife, NCIS: LA,...
CBS has renewed a slew of its titles as follows: There are additional seasons ordered for its dramas NCIS: Los Angeles, Person of Interest, Elementary, Hawaii Five-0, The Mentalist, Blue Bloods The...
View ArticleBattle lines drawn in next ratings war
Battle lines are drawn as networks prepare for the return of TV ratings from Sunday. And viewers will be the winners, with plenty of local and international titles on offer. Here are some of the key...
View Article1.57m as Hamish & Andy soar
Hamish and Andy’s Gap Year Asia was a winner with viewers last night topping the night with 1.57m viewers, higher than their Euro Gap Year debut (1.41m) and their original US series (1.45m) on a...
View ArticleGap Year Asia drives Nine to a win
Nine’s combo of Hamish and Andy and The Block ensured another Monday win for Nine. Gap Year Asia (1.49m) may have dropped somewhat from its grand opening but it was still the top show of the night....
View ArticleGap Year fills in the ratings
For the third week in a row Hamish and Andy have topped Monday nights with Gap Year Asia, and managing to hold onto most of their audience. Last night they pulled 1.46m viewers, helping Nine to...
View ArticleX Factor (turkey) slaps Big Brother
It was a Reality battle that would mean all or nothing, as Seven and Nine launched their tentpole shows for the second half of the year -but The X Factor has come out on top. Seven’s talent show pulled...
View ArticleX Factor tops Monday but GEM gives Nine the night
The X Factor sang up another storm on Monday with 1.42m viewers and securing the top show of the night. While Seven inched in front of Nine on primary figures, it was an 8% share on GEM that helped...
View ArticleUS TV Fall schedule
We are now just days away from the first of the new Fall shows entering Australian schedules. Sleepy Hollow begins on TEN on Tuesday night. Then a smorgasboard of new and returning shows kicks off in...
View ArticleX Factor powering home for Seven
The X Factor is powering home in its final weeks for Seven following concern that audience favourite Dami Im was at risk of being eliminated. Dami was safe as judges tied over Jordan Tiolli and Third...
View Article253,000 as TEN plummets into A League of their Own
You know there is something seriously wrong when your 7:30 Monday show is pulling an audience around three times smaller than your 5:00 News, and less than The Bold and the Beautiful and Judge Judy....
View Article2.43m viewers watch Dami win The X Factor
2.43m metro viewers watched the moment when Dami Im was crowned the winner of The X Factor 2013, a record audience for the Seven show. The Winner Announced increased on 1.92m in 2012 and pulled 725,000...
View ArticleLong haul for Wake Up, Studio 10 as first ratings emphasise uphill battle
TEN always knew it would be hard to make an impact with their new morning line-up -and they were right. Yesterday Wake Up averaged just 52,000 viewers between 7-8:30am with more viewers watching in...
View ArticleNine refreshes Jump In
Nine has given its second screen and catch-up app Jump In a refresh, replacing catchup.ninemsn.com.au and coming with a responsive design that adapts to the device in use. It features new episodes and...
View ArticleMorning battle gaps extend
You would think with two new offerings in the morning television genre that things would be getting tighter for everybody, but yesterday The Morning Show topped 200,000 while Studio 10 averaged 32,000....
View ArticleNo lift yet for TEN morning shows
It could be a long week for TEN’s new morning shows with Monday figures not showing any lift on last week. This comes in the same as TEN’s Upfronts to advertisers and media, which takes place tonight....
View ArticleLukewarm Monday a sign of things to come
It’s as if audiences -and networks- have already switched to summer content. Last night only news and factuals managed to pip the magic million. Seven network share was 28.9% then Nine 27.1%, ABC 22.0,...
View ArticleProgrammer’s Wrap 2014: Nine
“Our strategy for the year is very similar to last year,” says Nine’s Head of Programming and Production, Andrew Backwell. “Last year we won 25-54, 18-49 and 16-39 year olds and our objective this year...
View ArticleEllen DeGeneres to produce lesbian sitcom
Ellen DeGeneres will co-produce a lesbian-themed multi-cam comedy for NBC, called One Big Happy. The plot centres around a woman who gets pregnant just as her straight male best friend meets and...
View ArticleSeven takes third night in a row
The third day of the ratings year was rather uneventful, with Seven’s cook-off still well ahead of the pack. TEN’s Winter Olympics coverage providing e a viewing alternative, shared between TEN and...
View ArticleReality rules Tuesday
Reality television dominated viewing again last night with Seven and Nine shows ranking #1 and #2 for the night. Seven network share was 33.8% then Nine 26.2%, TEN 18.2%, ABC 17.6% and SBS 4.2%. My...
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